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HALCYON WAY Sign With BOMBWORKS RECORDS

Atlanta-based progressive metal band HALCYON WAY have inked a deal with Bombworks Records out of Dallas, TX. The group's debut CD, "A Manifesto For Domination", will be released late summer 2006 and will be mixed and mastered by James Murphy of TESTAMENT/DEATH fame. HALCYON WAY have shared the stage...

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KROKUS Frontman Reports On New Album Photo Shoot

KROKUS frontman Marc Storace has posted an update on the band's official web site regaring the band's recent "amazing" photo shoot for their upcoming album artwork. Read it at this location. KROKUS recently announced the addition of German drummer Stefan Schwarzmann (ex-ACCEPT, U.D.O., HELLOWEEN) to...

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KINGDOM COME To Release New Album In September

Long-running German hard rockers KINGDOM COME have set a tentative September 15 release date for their new album. The CD will be the follow-up to "Perpetual", which came out in 2004. As previously reported, KINGDOM COME will be teaming up with HELLOWEEN for a U.S. tour beginning in mid-October. Conf...

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AMORPHIS, DRAGONFORCE, 10 YEARS Confirmed For Italy's GODS OF METAL Festival

AMORPHIS, DRAGONFORCE, HELLFUELED and 10 YEARS have been confirmed for the tenth edition of the Gods Of Metal festival, set to take place June 1-4 at Idroscalo in Milan, Italy. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: Thursday, June 1: VENOM DIMMU BORGIR OPETH DOWN TESTAMENT NEVERMORE SATY...

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HELLOWEEN: Expanded Reissues Detailed

Six of HELLOWEEN's most interesting, transitional albums — "Walls Of Jericho", "Pink Bubbles Go Ape", "Chameleon", "Master Of The Rings", "The Time Of The Oath" and "Better Than Raw" — are being reissued as remastered, deluxe expanded edition CDs by Sanctuary Records on April 25, 2006. Bonus tracks...

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MASTERPLAN To Enter Studio In September

MASTERPLAN, the German/Norwegian band featuring ex-HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow, ex-HELLOWEEN drummer Uli Kusch and former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/ARK singer Jorn Lande, will enter the studio in September to begin recording their third album, tentatively due in March 2007 via AFM Records. The recordin...

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HELLOWEEN, CELTIC FROST, DARK FUNERAL, ANNIHILATOR Confirmed For Spain's METALWAY FESTIVAL

HELLOWEEN, CELTIC FROST, DARK FUNERAL, ANNIHILATOR and MINISTRY are among the confirmed bands for the Metalway Festival, set to take place July 28-30 at the campo de fútbol Santa Lucia in Gernika (Bizkaia),Spain. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANNIHILATOR BARON ROJO CELTIC FROST DAR...

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HAMMERFALL: More Details Revealed About Charity Hockey Game

More details have been revealed about the charity ice-hockey game that HAMMERFALL members Joacim Cans (vocals) and Oscar Dronjak (guitar) will participate in on Thursday, March 30 in Vättlehallen in Stenkullen, outside of Göteborg, Sweden. The event is being arranged by artisterforlivet.com and will...

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KROKUS Bassist Checks In From Recording Studio

Bassist Tony Castell of the long-running Swiss hard rockers KROKUS has posted an update on the recording sessions for the band's new album, which is being tracked at a studio in Winterbach/Karlsruhe, Germany with producer Dennis Ward (PINK CREAM 69). Read Tony's report at this location. KROKUS recen...

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RAVEN Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

Long-running metallers RAVEN have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 23-24 in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ARMORED SAINT COUNT RAVEN DEATH ANGEL EXODUS FLOTSAM AND JETSAM FOREIGNER HELLFULED HELLOW...

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Former HELLOWEEN Singer To Release New Solo Album In May: Audio Available

Frontiers Records will release former HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske's new solo album, simply entitled "Kiske", on May 19. Featuring Karsten Nagel — Michael's old schoolmate — on drums and Sandro Giampietro and Fontaine Burnett on guitars and bass, respectively, "Kiske" is said to be a very personal...

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KAMELOT Confirmed For Holland's WALDROCK Festival

American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT have been confirmed for the 2006 edition of the Waldrock festival, set to take place Saturday, July 1 in Burgum, the Netherlands. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALICE IN CHAINS DEICIDE DRAGONFORCE HELLOWEEN ILL NINO...

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HELLOWEEN Perform Sold-Out Show In San Salvador, Prepare For DVD Shoot

German power metallers HELLOWEEN played a concert Tuesday night (March 21) at Feria Intenacional in San Salvador in front of 5,000 metalheads. According to the band's tour manager, Nikolas Krofta of Bottom Row Promotion, HELLOWEEN's performance "had to be interrupted several times as the fans tore d...

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BLOODBOUND Confirmed For Sweden's ALINGSÅS HÅRDROCKSFESTIVAL

BLOODBOUND, the new Swedish metal band featuring Urban Breed (ex-TAD MOROSE; vocals),Fredrik Bergh (STREET TALK; bass, keyboards and backing vocals) and Tomas Olsson (lead and rhythm guitars),have been confirmed for the Alingsås Hårdrocksfestival, set to take place May 6 in Alingsås, Sweden. Other...

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Ex-HELLOWEEN Drummer KUSCH Rejoins MEKONG DELTA

Former HELLOWEEN and current MASTERPLAN drummer Uli Kusch has rejoined legendary German progressive thrash outfit MEKONG DELTA as the replacement for Peter Haas (ex-KROKUS, POLTERGEIST),who is reportedly too busy to take part in the new album recording sessions. Kusch is no stranger to MEKONG DELTA...